Key events
Goal disallowed for Bournemouth!
Semenyo had the ball in the net, from an offside position, and it took fully 90 seconds to rule Evanilson had mistimed his run. Chelsea got a bit lucky there.
Goal! Everton 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Milenkovic, 2 OG)
This game began like wildfire, with Savona booked for an early foul, and then Milenkovic deflected past his own keeper.
We are go in the Premier League…
The five 3pms have kicked off.
Louise Taylor
Louise Taylor is at Newcastle v Burnley.
“Despite the intermittent heavy showers Scott Parker has just walked across the pitch modelling a designer jumper of such Italianesque style that even Sandro Tonali, incidentally one of Parker’s midfield successors here, cast an apparently admiring glance in the Burnley manager’s direction.
“Tonali is still recovering from the knock he sustained against Spurs in mid week and begins on the bench as Eddie Howe, an ex Burnley manager, showcases a new look midfield featuring the lesser spotted Jacob Ramsey plus Joe Willock and Bruno Guimaraes.
“Joelinton is on the bench, where he is joined by Yoane Wissa. Newcastle fans hope Wissa will finallly make that long awaited , much delayed, debut today. Meanwhile there’s a recall for Fabian Schar in central defence while Dan Burn shifts to left back.
“It seems like only yesterday that they were playing in front of Martin Dubravka but the former Newcastle goalkeeper returns in Burnley colours today and still has not forgiven Howe for dropping him last season immediately after persuading him to sign a new contract and pull out of a move to Saudi Arabia at the 11th hour.”
Gary Naylor gets in touch: “Your photo up top looks less like Harry Kane and more like Ben Stokes – now there’s someone who really does need a miracle.”
Simon McMahon is our Caledonian correspondent: “Hi John. Only one game on anyone’s mind in Scotland today, Scotland v Haiti on June 13 St. Mirren v Dundee United in Paisley, where both teams are in need of the points following poor runs. United have drawn five of their last eight, and played well at home to Rangers on Wednesday only to concede a 96th minute equaliser to leave them in eight place, while St. Mirren could end the day bottom if they lose and Livingston win at Motherwell. Other games include Hibs v Falkirk and struggling Dundee v Aberdeen. “
Ben Fisher was at Villa Park to see a thrilling win.
Suzanne Wrack saw that narrow Arsenal win in the WSL.
Billy Munday
Billy is our man at Bournemouth today: “Cole Palmer makes his first league start for Chelsea since the opening day of the season in August. He is one of six changes that Enzo Maresca has made from the defeat at Leeds in midweek. Andrey Santos, one of those to drop out of the XI, has been out warming up with the rest of the starting players. Either Maresca has a fitness doubt in his XI or I’m reading too much into that.
”Bournemouth make four changes from their loss to Everton here on Tuesday. They may switch to a back three, with two right-backs – Álex Jiménez and Adam Smith – in the XI. We’ve had sunshine, rain and wind during the warm-up and now a rainbow. It’s all very pleasant.”
FA Cup second round fixtures (3pm, unless stated)
Accrington Stanley v. Mansfield
Chelmsford v. Weston-S-Mare
Cheltenham v. Buxton
Chesterfield v. Doncaster (KO 7.30)
Exeter v. Wycombe
Fleetwood Town v. Luton
Grimsby v. Wealdstone
Milton Keynes Dons v. Oldham
Peterborough v. Barnsley
Port Vale v. Bristol Rovers
Stockport County v. Cambridge Utd
Sutton Utd v. Shrewsbury (KO 5.15)
Swindon v. Bolton
Wigan v. Barrow
The rest of the EFL is on FA Cup duty, but some matches played in League One and League Two.
This afternoon’s Championship fixtures:
Championship 12.30 kick-off full-time scores:
Derby 1-3 Leicester
Watford 3-2 Norwich
Charlton v Portsmouth was, of course, abandoned.
Hadn’t Arsenal won the Premier League a few weeks back?
Aston Villa have beaten Arsenal 2-1, Emi Buendia has scored a goal that came right from the Crap 90s football playbook. Over to you, Manchester City and Chelsea, though don’t rule out The Villa.
Here’s our report on the sad events at The Valley.
The major team news for the Premier League 3pms: Xavi Simons gets his first start for a month for Spurs, Cole Palmer is back for Chelsea, Andoni Iraola makes four changes to the Bournemouth team that lost meekly to Everton, Yoane Wissa is on the Newcastle bench and may make his debut today, Pep Guardiola plumps for Rayan Cherki over Tijani Reijnders and Michael Keane is back for Everton.
Man City: Donnarumma, Matheus Luiz, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Silva, Gonzalez, Cherki, Foden, Haaland, Doku. Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Ait Nouri, Savio, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis.
Sunderland: Roefs, Geertruida, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Traore, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Isidor. Subs: Patterson, Neil, Talbi, Brobbey, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Mundle, Adingra.
Referee: Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire)
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence, Bentancur, Gray, Kudus, Simons, Richarlison, Muani. Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Joao Palhinha, Tel, Bergvall, Johnson, Odobert, Sarr, Davies.
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Ajer, Henderson, Yarmolyuk, Schade, Damsgaard, Ouattara, Thiago. Subs: Hickey, Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Onyeka, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Donovan.
Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside)
Newcastle: Ramsdale, Livramento, Thiaw, Schar, Burn, Ramsey, Guimaraes, Willock, Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon. Subs: Ruddy, Hall, Joelinton, Tonali, Wissa, Barnes, Jacob Murphy, Alex Murphy, Miley.
Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Lucas Pires, Ugochukwu, Cullen, Florentino, Broja, Foster, Bruun Larsen. Subs: Weiss, Hartman, Worrall, Edwards, Anthony, Tchaouna, Flemming, Laurent, Ndayishimiye.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
Everton: Pickford, O’Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Grealish, Barry. Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Aznou, Campbell.
Nottm Forest: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson, Igor Jesus. Subs: John Victor, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Boly, Abbott.
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (England)
AFC Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Jimenez, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson. Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Soler, Brooks, Adli, Junior Kroupi, Hill, Unal, DaCosta.
Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Delap. Subs: Jorgensen, Badiashile, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Joao Pedro, Hato, Acheampong, Guiu, Estevao
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Time for some teams…
Here’s our Friday digest of team news and other news from the Premier League.
WSL scoreline: Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
Stina Blackstenius got the late winner for the Gunners.
Huge game today for Thomas Frank, facing Brentford with Tottenham today. The draw at Newcastle, last minute though it was, calmed some of the storm but a repeat of last week’s display against Fulham and the home fans will be in uproar.
And in the Premier League, Leandro Trossard, who came on at half-time has levelled for Arsenal at Aston Villa.
Elsewhere in the Championship, crisis club Leicester are leading 3-0 at Derby.
Charlton v Portsmouth game called off
In the Championship, Charlton v Portsmouth has been abandoned:
“Due to a medical emergency in the crowd, today’s match has been abandoned. We thank you for your patience and understanding. Everyone at the club sends their best wishes to the supporter affected and thank our medical team and first responders. Information on when the match will be rescheduled will be announced in due course.”
It was 0-0, the game was just 15 minutes in.
Preamble
Good afternoon. A full deck of 3pm Premier League kick-offs awaits, with several big hitters in play, though not all of them in form. The midweek round really shook stuff up. Join us for news of the following, and the latest from the EFL.
